plow

1. an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
2. any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting grooves or a contrivance for clearing away snow from a road or track.
3. Type Founding. (formerly) an instrument for cutting the groove in the foot of type.
4. Bookbinding. a device for trimming the edges of the leaves by hand.
5. (initial capital letter) Astronomy.
   1. the constellation Ursa Major.
   2. the Big Dipper.

1. to turn up (soil) with a plow.
2. to make (a furrow) with a plow.
3. to tear up, cut into, or make a furrow, groove, etc. in (a surface) with or as if with a plow (often followed by up ):

   The tractor plowed up an acre of trees.

4. to clear by the use of a plow, especially a snowplow (sometimes followed by out ):

   The city's work crews were busily plowing the streets after the blizzard.

5. to invest, as capital (often followed by into ):

   to plow several hundred million into developing new oil fields.

6. to reinvest or reutilize (usually followed by back ):

   to plow profits back into new plants and equipment.

7. (of a ship, boat, animal, etc.)
   1. to cleave the surface of (the water):

      beavers plowing the pond.

   2. to make (a way) or follow (a course) in this manner:

      The yacht plowed an easterly course through the choppy Atlantic.

8. Slang: Vulgar. to have sexual intercourse with.

1. to till the soil or work with a plow.
2. to take plowing in a specified way:

   land that plows easily.

3. to move forcefully through something in the manner of a plow (often followed by through, into, along, etc.):

   The cop plowed through the crowd, chasing after the thief. The car plowed into our house.

4. to proceed in a slow, laborious, and steady manner (often followed by through ):

   The researcher plowed through a pile of reports.

5. to move through water by cleaving the surface:

   a ship plowing through a turbulent sea.

verb phrase

1. 1. to bury under soil by plowing.
   2. to cause to disappear; force out of existence; overwhelm:

      Many mom-and-pop groceries have been plowed under by the big chain stores.